Pocket accounting device



' Sept 1, 1925 I 1,551,930

' M. L. BUCHHEIM POCKET ACCOUNTING DEVICE Filed Aug. 5. 1921 the character above-referred to,

Patented Sept. 1, 1925,

UNITED sra'rss PATENT OFFICE.

MAX L. BUCHHEIM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGN'OR' TO HALLOMAX COMPANY,

V INCORPORATED, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A GORFORATION OF NEW YORK.

' POCKET ACCOUNTING, D EVICE.

Application filed August 3, 1921. Serial No. 489,535.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, MAX L. BUGHHEIM, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Brooklyn, Kings County, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Accounting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my present invention are to provide a simple, compact and convenient v fornr of accounting device or memoranda carrier which can be readily carried about in the pocket of the user, in which the entries'can be easily made at any time and which will carry a continuous record for any desired length of time, a whole month for instance. r

Other objects are to provide a'device of which will permit of the'readyremoval of the old record and the insertion of new record sheet, which will permit of turning the record backward or forward ,for the purpose of making comparisons, or the hke, and which furthermore, will be neat and attractive so as to constitute a truly desirable devicefor carrying in the pocket.

The invention involves a number of different novel features of construction, combinations and arrangements-of parts, as w ll appear from the following specification, reference. being had to the accompanying drawing wherein the invention is disclosed embodied in practical and preferred forms.

In the drawings referred to, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete device. Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of the device as it appears with the cover open. Figures 3-and 4c are sectional views as taken on substantially the planes of-lines 33 and H of Figures 4 and 3 respectively. k i

Figure 5 is a part sectional detached rear View of the spool-carrying frame.

.The device illustrated embodies, first, a casing of suitable material such as 'light sheet metal and consisting in the present illustration of a boa-body ff-and a cover 8 which, in this instance, is held in place by means of a dependent flange portion 9 which is sprung over the outwardly. flaring upper,

edge portion 10 of. the box-body. cover is provided with a longitudinal slot 11 therein through. which the entries are made on a web or. sheet 12which is supor platen 13.

The recordqsheet is woundat its opposite ends on the spools, 14' andlajournaled in the end plates 16 and 17, of aframe member which consists of said end plates joined by, the platen 13 which thus constitutes a bridge piece between such end plates.

so The "spools are held under tension so as to prevent their accldental turning and so This ported at the slot or indow-lljby a backing as to hold them in theposition to which;

they are adjusted by means of a spring plate 18 enga edover the heads tor two spools.

21 and 22 of the The spools are rotated by means of these heads or thumb-turns 21 (and 22 which are shown in the form of milled discs fastened on theends of the spools at the outer side of the end plate 17. These thumb-turns are, in my invention, housed within the casinc: for the greater portion oftheir extent;

wi'th the. exception of narrow rim portionsthereofwhichare allowed to project through transverse slots 23. and 24provided in the cover and in the back of the casing-"This construction protects the spools against ac-:-1 ,cidental rotation and provides ust' suflicient gripping portions atthe *baclvand front of the casing to enable the intentional turning :of the spools :by the operator.

The frame carrying the web-supporting it spools is constructed as particularly indicatedin Figures 2 and 3, to fit closelywithin thecasingso as to be held in position by the mere act of placing the-same in the casing and securing the cover thereto. This removable ready removal and replacement ofthe record sheets by simply lifting outthe frame and drawing the webioif the spools, the new web being inserted by engaging the end unit pconstruction. enables thereof with one spool and winding the same thereon and attaching the'opposite end to the other spool.

For the keeping of memoranda, such as a cash account, the web is ruled longitudinally to provide av column 29 for the entry of the date, column 30 for the entry of the item," columns 311, 32 for'the entry of items of income and columns 33, 34 for items of expenditure.

' In'the present form of the invention, the COVeI* iSl.'hlI1gd tothebox-body and the closing movement is accurately determined by means of an outstanding bead38ovhich when engaged by the flange of the cover operates as a stop. i

. lath fi st example. of the in en ion, h 8; ""th QitfiiQtan angular y je'cti on on theendloi a su'fportshank or strip 35 ivhich is PilSSfid thlQUghflE 3 ,m mberl t e tra s an 1 a hebk d nd, 36 eng e with a loiqp e @afth p h' rendfiieifriber 1 or the T c'smst' ti n facil ta es ea y ass'emblage and avoids the use of solder for securin .t e piins n pla e o hen m hqd of se b iri st e poo e difi print l P te i' di a't in l e'ie'nd bn f s. n? Qbmie ting' a te sion spring 38 b'etweenthe header. shank 35 ;of

- spring nd. he 991'? 3.7,Q t1ie' end a; the

place, the ;t-heref or in the frame. .Thisc'auses the plate QrspringI-S to 1 eX-rt BV hdldi t nsion thei s poo heads and atth same time provide s ,a simple. and ery p i e' ica ,mi a s 'f, holding th .s'pii s r i y es emblediii t e cause with this construction it is -pio ssibl e to simply slip the (spools 14 and 15 into. the ari giep nin sl prov de plates 17 and l6, a-nd then the holding plate 18 over the cdnnect the same yieldingly ame by means the tension a emb a is, an' advantage from a manufacturing after engaging spool heads, to with, the fr n m nt an a i' h r a v ta is th the'usen'canreadily take the devicei apart I'eneWalor rep fir 1 taint thwar The device c'an'be .7 bunt-for or v Ordinarily, the, device" will separ- Tied 'iI'I bke of t e. B 2; leiY 't PQbk for instance, expenditures 'are made Oi .incpme is; received, the same willbe enered' with the date'aiid suitable. niemoraliida to identify tlie s'am inIthe coliiriinsp" e master: At'tll end of the mont the coyer maybeopened and the web "nit' be removed; the used sheet; bingjtakfi utfand baIaIiced anda, fresh sheet being inserted in its. place; Ifldesired, the web be by a mede nexceedie y v compact form and yet carry a web suinsaid ali ied hearingsnd. limit th ir. endwise. te -me, and; s ingtai-n the-s end plates running account, for instance, and is in such form that it can be conveniently carried about and thus be at hand at all times for the making of entries therein.

The construction disclosed has the furthei advantage that the spools are journaled entirely Within the casing and are not exposed except for the small portions of the thumb-turns whichserve as the operating pieces.

a It is possible that changes and modifications in structure may be made without departure from the spirit and scope of the invention disclosed and it is intended that such modifications shall he coyered by he 1 accompanying. claiiris, and i nthis @011- nection it is pointed ouitthat the terms employed herein are, used in a descriptive m fl n ii a t sens exeept 9wever, for such limitations. as may be. iii 5. 12 95% holdi g Said. spqols hav g a .sn ii 'i ii shanlgextende d, thijo'ugh the frame and roe I wi an 19 1 M91 .,eo netf dini lobp ntl lf ime- I 2 Iii a device of the characte iset forth, a easing, a frame r mqr se me n. nd; j mpfifsip 13 p t i'efi b Plat a d ey d' d, wi e si t n engaged with said heads, said spring havw H ng assupporting shank extending through erfilthel ta plzitsbit atta i m nating fin angularly, turned en'df'said fifii ed With Said. 4

3. In at devioeofi ier-tag set .forth,

s l 1. avineiee i e i .i.h di t nd, @1113 ms; t b ng eahl eadn e' in he erat ii fia l sei ei t iiijth 1o means engaged e sai Qr ratms afls ie din lin f peels n a -din the frame nd as; o. fit c io lia ji hold, t efs iqo s. in the positions, tojvhich they may be tamed.

1 z i g r i. r .T etra t1. e 9i filem .3 i w i t s a s-t nsion melu a Plat g 1ded in one end of the franie and corineetedby a tensionts ri s W tethe n e i ee d bf the fiairie. V I

5. t ees thesha aete rs t,f en ageaei .eu ea ing au.d,.,. i 1 11 l' Y a Ple aen at-qi pbsilte endsl off. he pr nined Bearings, weaalppaten vided with tria e, spoo1sjourna1ed .inl't'h'e a d.

spools insertible endwise into said bearings and each having an operating head at one end limiting endwise insertion of the spools and a spring tensioned securing plate guided in one of the end plates of the frame and frictionally engaging over the operating heads of the spools to yieldingly retain the spools in their bearings and to frictionally hold the spools in the position to which they may be turned, the securing plate being ten- 1 sioned by a tension spring connected between said plate and the opposite end plate of the frame.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of July, 1921.

MAX L. BUCHHEIM. 

